The John Bargrave Collection
An historical account of Mr. Brome's three years travels over England, Scotland and Wales. Giving a true and exact description of all the chiefest cities, towns and corporations; Together with the antiquities, of divers other places, with the most famous cathedrals, and other eminent structures ; of several remarkable caves and wells, with many other divertive passages never before published
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title: Publication Type:book Authors:Brome, JamesEditors: Publisher:Printed for Abel Roper, at the Black-Boy, Rich. Basset, at the Miter, in Fleet-street; and Will. Turner, at the Angel at Lincolns-Inn Back-Gate Place of Publication:London Publication Date:1700 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume: Issue: Start Page: End Page: Abstract: Descriptors/Keywords: ISBN: URL:
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Annotation:Brome's account of the University Library's collection, from his visit in 1669:
The Library was founded by Clement Little one of the Officials or Comissaries for Edinburgh A. D. 1635, since which time it is much increased both by donatives from the Citizens, as also from the Scholars, who are more in number, than in any other College in the Kingdom: and here were presented to our view two very great Rarities, the one was a Tooth taken out of a great Scull being four inches about, and the other was a crooked Horn taken from a Gentlewoman of the City who was fifty Years old, being eleven inches long which grew under her right Ear, and was cut out by an eminent Chirurgeon then living in the Town who presented it to the College (197-8).